PATEA BANDS YEAR

Taranaki Daily News, 29 May 1933, Page 10

PATEA BANDS YEAR

GROWING MUNICIPAL VALUE. SMALL CREDIT SHOWN. The Mayor (Bandsman F. Ramsbottom) presided at the annual meeting of the Patea Municipal Band on Friday. The meeting was attended by bandsmen, councillors and residents. The balancesheet showed a cash credit of £lO 17s 8d and nonliabilities. • The secretary (Mr. K. Christiansen) reported that steady practice had been maintained throughout the year, average attendances being good but leaving room for improvement. Severe loss to the band was occasioned by the departures of Conductor A. R. Moore and Bandsman G. Spooner for other districts. The assistance afforded - by the subsidy from the Patea Borough Council had been greatly appreciated. Owing to the departure of the conductor and the resulting unsettling of the band it was impossible to compete at the Taranaki contest. Repairs to band instruments had been made gratuitously by Mr. G. Marshall and the bandroom had been used rentfree from Mr. R. W. Haddow. Mr. Ramsbottom said the band had done exceedingly well, despite the setback caused by the loss of the conductor. The creditable manner in which the band had paraded on Anzac Day had satisfied everyone. He congratulated the band on its sound financial position and. hoped that every success would attend its future efforts. Bandsman Finlayson pointed out that the position was better than was at first indicated as new music and a new comet had been recently purchased. The election of officers resulted: President, the Mayor; twenty vice-presidents; conductor, Mr. P. S. Finlayson; bandmaster, Mr. K. Christiansen; secretary, Mr. K. Christiansen; drum-major, Mr. R. W. Haddow; band sergeant, Mr. A. A. Carey; band corporal, Mr. R. Willis; lance-cor-poral, Mr. R. Christiansen; librarians, Bandsmen A. Reed and Robert Willis; committee, Bandsmen C. H. Carey and officers; delegates, conductor and bandmaster; honorary auditor, Mr. L. W. Austin; citizens’ committee, Messrs Langslow, Whittington, Ansley, ’ Drummond, I. Glenny and N. Coad. It was decided to place on record the work of Mr. Christiansen, who had ably filled the posts of both conductor and secretary and to vote him an honorarium of £2 2s.

Insurance of the, band’s instruments and music was discussed, it being resolved to obtain a floating policy to cover the instruments while in bandsmen’s homes and elsewhere.

It was pointed out that while the band obtained the room free from Mr. Haddow the band had made a charge when it had let the room to other organisations, using the rent to augment its own fund when it should become the property of the owner. In reply the secretary stated that a nominal charge had -beten made for rent sufficient to cover the lighting costs, which were a charge on the band’s funds. ' It' was stated that electric light globes had been removed from the room when let. After the meeting the visitors were entertained at supper by the band. TOWN SCHOOL CHILDREN. , GARDEN PLOT COMPETITION. Points for cultivation, appearance. and growth have been allotted in the South Taranaki Boys and Girls’ Clubs’ town schools ’ garden, plots competition. Points for quality and general appearance of the produce and the note books will', be given later. The maximum points given are: Cultivation 40, general appearance 10, growth 10. The points are:—

“THE KID FROM SPAIN.” CANTOR SUCCESS AT HAWERA. Beautiful ballets and entrancing musical numbers make a joyous entertainment of “The Kid from Spain,” which is showing at the Opera House, Hawera, nightly till Wednesday. Eddie Cantor, the comedian of “Whoopee” and “Palmy Days,” makes a .welcome return to the screen as a college youth who is expelled from college as the result of a practical joke. He then embarks on a series of adventures (most of them are misadventures) and, involved accidentally in a bank robbery, he crosses the border into Mexico pursued by a tenacious detective. To escape his pursuer, Eddie poses as Don Sebastian 11., a prominent bullfighter, and he is feted by all Mexico. Prior to his appearance in the bull-fihting arena, the comedian rehearses with "a tame bull. The remainder of the film is excruciatingly funny. However, Eddie triumphs over the' ferocious animal he opposes in the bullring, and the way is paved for a happy ending. The supporting items include a colured cartoon, “Babes in the Wood.”

HAWERA. Norton Knightbridge .... 39* 9$ 9 Wallace. Brough .......... 39 9$ . 9 Jim Howell 39 9 8$ Bernard. Gaylard 37 8 9 Vance Henderson 37 7* 74 Sidney. Richards 37 7* ■ 84 Alister Buist 37 7$ 74 School plot 37 8 74 Robin Holloway 36 7 8 Colin Nicholas 34 7 6 Noel Keys 33 61 6 ' OPUNAKE. Pihama Rikihana 35 7 7 Roy Walker ....<. 33 5 5 Cath. McKenzie ........ 30 5 4$ OKAIAWA. Eric Green 39 9 9 Robert Shearer 39 8* 9$ Tom Hackett 39 8* 84 NORMANBY. Edmund Taylor 40 8$ 8$ Ivan Cadman 40 9 7 Eileen Harrison ........ 39* 8* 7$ Connie Evans .........;. 38 8 8 Fred Evans 37* 8 8$ Ectha Flintoff 1...... 37* 8$ 7* TURUTURU. Gbrdon Eden 40 9 9 Ron C.eenbanks 37 7$ 4 TAWHITL Will Brogden 39 9$ 9 Nola Brogden 39 9 94 Roy Warner 37 8 7 MANAIA. D. Rees 40 9 9 Reg. Silby 39$ 9 9 W. Davies 39 9 81 R. Dakers 39 9 8 39 8$ 8 R. Clare 38$ 7$ 7 W. Vincent 38 8 8 R. Crompton 38 7 7 ELTHAM. Harold Taylor .......... 40 91 84 Will Linnell 40 84 9 Norma Williams 40 9 8 Connie Williams 40 81 8 Allen Lynch 39 84 8 Charles Rye ....< 38$ 8 9* Royce Crozier ■; 38$ 8 8 Mary Fleming 37$ 74 74 John Picard •37$ 74 Stan Smith 37$ 7 61 Peggy Mills 37 71 5